I question things which people take for granted. I would have been that kid who said the emperor was naked. In real life that kid would probably have been lynched, but I'll take my chances...
I believe truth inherently valuable, no matter how well intentioned the ideology it dispels may be.
I also write about random interesting things from my personal life.

30 May 2007

6am

May 30, 2007

6am

It says something about our society.

On the BART in the morning, just over 50% of the passengers on any given car
are asleep, or trying to sleep, or trying not to sleep, or at least resting
with their eyes closed and their heads leaned over.

Sacrificing sleep in order to start the business day an hour earlier - every single
day.
Why is this required, and why do we allow it? Is that much money really made
between 7am and 8am?

Of course I am on that train too, in order to see it; but then that's because
my job is a service specifically to commuters. So I have to be there before the
commute. All those people on the train at 6am
can't all have jobs specific to commuters.
And, well, in my case, something about skating 2.5 miles to BART while
listening to Shock G and the DU as the sun comes up, it just makes it feel
different. I actually enjoy my commute, even when I'm tired.

Look at these faces: they are not happy faces. Even without the loss of sleep,
they are not happy faces.

I remember my bike trip through Mexico
almost a decade ago now. It wasn't like this.
I would come across a store or a restaurant. The sign, if there was one, might
say they opened at 9. But whether or not it was actually open at 9, that seemed
to depend more on whether or not the owner felt like opening by then or not
than what the sign said.
Which could be a little annoying when I had just ridden 15 miles and was
looking forward to breakfast, but even then, I understood, I still liked that
system better.

Money is to support living, instead of life being a means to make money.